In many Iranian cities, the ground is sinking due to land subsidence caused by the excessive extraction of water resources, ...

Buildings can be damaged by the shaking itself or by the ground beneath them settling to a different level than it was before the earthquake (subsidence). Buildings can even sink into the ground if ...

Aspects of this completed research include how much the seismic hazard has increased, how the observed earthquakes events compare to the increased hazard predictions, and how induced ground motions ...